Who, Dr. Craig, I was on Facebook the other day and I'm very surprised to see that you

don't believe John 316, at least according to one commentator, obviously that got

my attention. Brady was commenting on a totally unrelated topic and he said, unfortunately,

Dr. Craig denies John 316 and teaches a work salvation. Now, we'll get into the nitty-gritty

a little bit, Bill, but is there any reason anybody would think that?

Well, having read Brady's post, I do think I understand him, though he doesn't explain

himself very clearly, but I think I get it and I think I also see where the confusion

lies because obviously I do not teach salvation by words, but believe that salvation is by grace

through faith alone and that we do nothing meritorious to earn salvation.

Okay, now this is what he says. He says eternal salvation is not a salvation by faith that works.

Those that say that one must have faith that works, they claim that one is saved by faith in

Christ, plus nothing, but that true faith in Christ results in commitment, obedience,

turning from sins, etc. This may sound significantly different than salvation by faith,

plus works. However, it is actually another way of saying the same thing. What is he getting at?

Well, there he's making the claim that if you believe as I do, that someone who has saving faith

will manifest that by a transformed and changed life, that you're actually teaching salvation

by works, that these are the same thing. So when he uses this odd phrase, salvation by faith that works,

he means a faith that produces changes in the life. The sort of faith that James talks about in

the epistle of James, where he says faith without works is dead. That's not a real saving

faith, a faith that doesn't work, but great things that if you affirm that, then in fact you

are saying that your works somehow merit or earn salvation. Okay, I don't know Bill, this seems to be

what I would call a tangent. I mean, he's so strong on this, it seems to be his one go to

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